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Mejorar su tasa de retenci\u00f3n reducir\u00e1 los costes de contrataci\u00f3n y la productividad general de su empresa. Con los retos de la mano de obra actual, nos centramos cada vez m\u00e1s en c\u00f3mo podemos reclutar mejor el talento, pero eso no es suficiente para aliviar estos s\u00edntomas. Tambi\u00e9n debemos centrarnos en c\u00f3mo podemos retener el talento que traemos. \u00bfC\u00f3mo convencemos a un nuevo empleado para que siga trabajando con nosotros? A continuaci\u00f3n presentamos algunos ejemplos de pol\u00edticas, pr\u00e1cticas y procedimientos que han ayudado a las empresas a mejorar la retenci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Formaci\u00f3n en electricidad: Aprendizaje, Programa de Instalador por Competencias y CEUs<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Clases de liderazgo.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Aseg\u00farese de que sus empleados est\u00e1n comprometidos con el trabajo que realizan. 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Con estas pol\u00edticas, pr\u00e1cticas y procedimientos en mente, les dejo con algunas preguntas:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 pueden hacer usted y sus directivos para asegurarse de que sus empleados tienen ganas de ir a trabajar?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfSus empleados se sienten reconocidos por su contribuci\u00f3n a la empresa?<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 pr\u00e1cticas concretas est\u00e1n llevando a cabo usted y sus l\u00edderes para mejorar su tasa de retenci\u00f3n?<\/p>\n<p>Cada empresa tendr\u00e1 su propia forma de mejorar la retenci\u00f3n, no dude en comunicarme qu\u00e9 m\u00e9todos le funcionan a usted. 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Improving your retention rate will lead to reduced hiring costs, and overall productivity for your company. With the challenges of the current workforce, we are increasingly focused on how we can better recruit talent, but that is not enough to alleviate these symptoms. We must also be focused on how we can keep the talent we bring in. How do we convince a new employee to continue working for us? Below are a few examples of policies, practices, and procedures that have helped companies improve retention:<\/p> <ul> <li aria-level=\"1\">Electrical training: Apprenticeship, Skills Based Installer Program, and CEUs<\/li> <li aria-level=\"1\">Leadership classes.<\/li> <li aria-level=\"1\">Ensuring your employees are engaged with the work they are doing. Do they understand their contributions on the job site?<\/li> <li aria-level=\"1\">Benefits: Insurance, 401k, PTO, sick days, etc.<\/li> <li aria-level=\"1\">Financial aid resources for employees.<\/li> <li aria-level=\"1\">Practices and policies that produce and maintain a clear vision for career progression.<\/li> <li aria-level=\"1\">Exit interviews (identify any core issues employees are having).<\/li> <li aria-level=\"1\">Be explicit about any Hidden Rules on the jobsite with new employees.<\/li> <li aria-level=\"1\">Family Day<\/li> <li aria-level=\"1\">Emphasized awareness of work-life balance and how it affects your employees.<\/li> <\/ul> <p>Improving retention is no easy task. Buy in must be generated at every level, starting with your leadership. With these policies, practices, and procedures in mind, I leave you with a few questions:<\/p> <p>What can you and your leaders do to ensure that your employees are eager to come into work?<\/p> <p>Do your employees feel recognized for their contributions to the company?<\/p> <p>What specific practices are you and your leaders doing to improve your retention rate?<\/p> <p>Each business will have their own way of improving retention, feel free to let me know what methods work out for you. If you would like to learn or discuss more about recruitment and retention, join your IEC recruiters and contractor members at our monthly Workforce Zoom meetings, the last Friday of each month.<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8496"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8780,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8496\/revisions\/8780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}